Duly Noted

“A lot of companies are making a big mistake because their CEO, who isn’t very deep into the weeds of AI, is saying, ‘Well, let’s go ahead and lay off 20 to 30% of our employees and we will backfill them with AI,’” Gownder said. “If you do not have a mature, deployed-AI application ready to do the job … it could take you 18 to 24 months to replace that person with AI – if it even works.”

_{Quote Citation: Eric Berger, “US companies accused of ‘AI washing’ in citing artificial intelligence for job losses | US news | The Guardian”, Sun 8 Feb 2026 11.00 EST, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/ai-washing-job-losses-artificial-intelligence}